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Author | Rick Riordan |
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Cover artist | John Rocco |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, Children's literature, Comedy drama, Thriller, Norse mythology |
Publisher | Disney Hyperion (US) Penguin Books/Puffin (UK, AU, NZ)[1][2][3] |
Published | 2015–2017 |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback), e-book, audiobook |
No. of books | 3 |
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is a trilogy of fantasy novels based on Norse mythology written by American author Rick Riordan and published by Disney-Hyperion.[4] It is set in the same universe as the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles and The Kane Chronicles series. The first book, The Sword of Summer, was released on October 6, 2015.[5] The second book, The Hammer of Thor, was released on October 4, 2016.[6] The Ship of the Dead, the third book, was released on October 3, 2017.[7]
The main protagonist, Magnus Chase, son of the Vanir god of fertility Frey, narrates the novel in first person. He is a cousin of Annabeth Chase, a main character of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus series, who links the two series together.[5]
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